Chapter 123 Caught the man, gave it to Li Le
This time, Xiao Xuan came back to his senses completely, and without any hesitation, he rushed out like the wind.
When Li Le walked out the door, he could only see Xiao Xuan's back as he turned and disappeared.
After Xiao Xuan rushed out, he immediately selected two teams of people. One team was assigned to control the grain transport officer, while he led the other team out of the city.
When Li Lezhi walked to the aisle, he could only see Xiao Xuan riding on horseback passing by him. Li Lezhi only said loudly: "Go to Tianchuan."
Xiao Xuan turned around.
When Li Le saw this, he knew that the other party had heard it. He looked at the cavalry passing by him and the infantry trotting after them.
It should be possible to stop it.
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"Go to Tianchuan."
After hearing this, Xiao Xuan turned around and saw Li Lezhi's figure. He instantly understood what Taoist Li meant and led his men towards Tianchuan.
Tianchuan is a mountain range not far from Yuzhou City. Xiao Xuan brought his men to Tianchuan. Looking at the path on Tianchuan, he led his men to ambush.
The scout was investigating ahead and saw a carriage coming towards Tianchuan. The bag on the carriage looked very familiar. Without stopping, he returned to Xiao Xuan and told him about it.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Xuan ordered all his men to hide.
After a while, three grain carts came towards Tianchuan, with more than a dozen people transporting the grain. The carts were filled with grain bags, so heavy that they left deep ruts.
After the grain truck was pushed to the foot of Tianchuan, the group wiped the sweat off their foreheads, and ten of them unloaded the grain bit by bit and walked towards Tianchuan.
One of them said, "It's really strange that the people who want the food asked us to transport the food to Tianchuan. Could it be that the war has reached Tianchuan and the soldiers are in Tianchuan, so they asked us to deliver the food here?"
"Who knows? We just need to follow the orders of the officer."
"Since I can't fight in the battlefield, it's a good thing to transport food for the general. It's also something that people will envy if you tell others about it. Not everyone can do this kind of thing."
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Xiao Xuan was squatting on a tree trunk. After hearing the conversation between the people transporting the grain, he frowned twice. After this group of people placed the grain at the place where they were ambushing, Xiao Xuan did not give any orders and let these people transporting the grain leave.
From what these people said, they delivered the grain here at the behest of others. Besides, the clothes they wore were from Daliang, so they were from Daliang.
It would take more than three grain carts to transport the army's food and fodder.
Xiao Xuan decided to continue waiting.
After the grain was delivered, the people who delivered the grain had left. Half an hour later, someone came from the other side of Tianshan Mountain. After seeing the clothes those people were wearing, Xiao Xuan narrowed his eyes.
These people are from Zhao.
When the others walked to the grain bags and were about to take the grain away, Xiao Xuan made a gesture and the soldiers hidden in the woods emerged one after another, surrounding the Zhao soldiers and leaving them no chance to fight back.
The Zhao soldiers were still holding grain bags in their hands when a group of people suddenly appeared and surrounded them. After seeing their armor, they were so scared that they let go of their hands and the grain bags fell to the ground.
They stood there, at a loss.
After looking at the people next to him, they realized that they came out only to move food and were not carrying any weapons, so they had no choice but to surrender.
Meeting these people is an unexpected gain.
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Xiao Xuan sent people to the post station to take care of the grain that had not yet been delivered, and he took these people back to Yuzhou. As for the grain on the ground, he had the people of Zhaoguo carry it all back to Yuzhou.
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As for these captives, although there were few of them, it was impossible to let them go. He did not want to keep idle people here, so he threw them to the government office in Yuzhou City, told them to do their best, and then took people to visit the people who transported the grain.
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Since the grain was stolen, the official who transported the grain must be blamed and should be executed according to the law. In order to find out who the traitor is, Xiao Xuan interrogated him alone.
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Looking at the grain transport officer tied to the rack, Xiao Xuan asked bluntly, "Who stole the grain?"
The grain transport officer looked at his arms locked on the rack, not knowing what had happened. When he suddenly heard Xiao Xuan's question, he was shocked. The replacement of military rations was no small crime, and his whole family would be in trouble.
He said hurriedly: "General, I didn't do this. I am also an old grain transporter. I have never made any mistakes in all these years, and I have never stolen or replaced any grain. Even if a grain was put in my hand, I would not dare to take it."
"I have never made a mistake," Xiao Xuan sighed, "but it has already happened, and it happened while you were transporting grain. You also know that the substitution of military rations is not a trivial matter. Now I give you a chance to redeem yourself and think carefully about who replaced the grain."
"General, I thought of it right now, I thought of it right now," the grain transport officer shouted hurriedly as he looked at the cruel official who was standing behind Xiao Xuan like a door god, holding a whip in his hand.
The grain transport officer had beads of sweat on his forehead. During this journey, he had never thought that anyone would replace the military rations, nor had he ever encountered any accidents. The only people who could exchange grain were the grain handlers.
The grain transport officer thought carefully and suddenly remembered that one night they heard a noise, and it was quite loud, as if something fell to the ground.
He still remembers this incident, and some people are still muttering, "Don't fall into the toilet..." Then, whoever left during that period must be a suspect.
But the grain transport officer didn't know who that person was. The only person he knew was the one who said that. Thinking of this, he immediately said to Xiao Xuan: "General, General, I remember now. I know who knows this."
After the grain transport officer gave the name of the person, Xiao Xuan sent someone to bring the person over, while the grain transport officer would wait until after the battle to make his decision.
After bringing the person over, Xiao Xuan immediately asked who was not in the room that night.
The man was also afraid that he would be tortured, so he confessed everything and said that Hong Ke was not there.
After knowing who the person was, Xiao Xuan sent someone to fetch Hong Ke, but unexpectedly, this time, no one was called Hong Ke.
The prisoners were afraid of the disaster and said in unison: "General, there is a grain collector named Hong Ke among us. I saw him earlier. Did he run away?"
Knowing that the person might have escaped, Xiao Xuan let out a displeased sound and left at a quick pace. He wanted to catch that person, so he asked Taoist Li to tell his whereabouts. If he wanted to escape, it would not be that easy.
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Li Le was just talking about divination with Jiang Yuge and Qingtong when he suddenly saw a burly man serving tea.
Li Lezhi had never seen this person before, so he asked casually, "What's your name?"
Hong Ke paused in his retreat, looked up at Li Lezhi, then lowered his eyelids, bent his waist, and said carefully: "My name is Hong Ke."
Li Le just nodded, looked at the water in his hand, and was about to take a sip when
, looking at Hong Ke's departing back.
Li Lezhi didn't drink the tea before the cup touched his lips. He put down the tea in his hand and asked, "Have I seen you somewhere before? (w)?"
Hong Ke paused as he was leaving and said in a muffled voice, "My lord, I'm afraid you remembered it wrongly. I'm the first person to serve you. (w)?"
Li Le just suspected that he really felt that this person looked familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere.
Just when Li Le was about to pick up the tea at hand to drink, he remembered the incident of his right eye twitching. The man looked familiar to him, but he couldn't remember where he had seen him before.
Such a thing suddenly appeared in Li Le's mind, and he could not ignore it. He lowered his eyes to look at the clear tea soup, but could not see anything unusual with his naked eyes.
But he still put down the tea and said to Jiang Yuge and Qingtong: "Don't drink this tea yet. [(w.)] Come to read the latest chapter. (w)?"
Jiang Yuge and Qingtong were holding tea and were about to put it to their mouths to drink, but when they heard Li Lezhi's words, they immediately put down the tea.
Qingtong asked: "Master Li, is there something wrong with the tea? (w)?"
Jiang Yuge also said, "We can't let the guy get away." After he finished speaking, he immediately stood up and ran outside. Seeing that the man hadn't walked out of the door yet, Jiang Yuge shouted, "Stop him."
The guard at the gate heard the sound and immediately stopped Hong Ke.
Hong Ke was not surprised at all when he was stopped. He had expected this to happen. Seeing the other party's anxious look, he knew his plan was successful.
It was worth his life in exchange for another's.
Xiao Xuan happened to arrive at this time. After seeing this scene, he immediately asked, "What happened?"
I hope nothing happens to Taoist Li.
Jiang Yuge said: "This person poisoned the tea..."
Before he could finish his words, Xiao Xuan instantly ran inside. Jiang Yuge stretched out his hand, but failed to stop him. He could only see his figure flying past.
He swallowed the rest of his words and ran inside, wanting to explain things clearly. The guards were left looking at each other, and then looked at the person they had stopped with hatred on their faces and bloodshot eyes, their clenched fists almost hitting Hong Ke in the face.
Hong Ke, who was hated by the two men, smiled instead. He didn't expect that his shallow trick would actually cost the life of a Taoist priest.
The destiny is in my hands and it is clear.
When Xiao Xuan rushed in, he saw Li Lezhi standing there safely. He was stunned for a moment, then he looked at the tea placed next to Li Lezhi, and saw that the tea was not missing at all. He breathed a sigh of relief instantly. Fortunately, Taoist Li did not drink it.
He was confused. Taoist Li was such a powerful figure. He had treated the tenth prince in the palace and was highly praised by Imperial Physician Zhang. How could he not see that the tea was poisonous?
If Taoist Priest Li had not known this, Taoist Priest Jiang might not have been able to say that.
After Xiao Xuan figured it out, he forced a smile and said, "Master Li, the person who poisoned us has been caught. Master Li is frightened this time."
"fine……"
It’s really poisonous. Fortunately I didn’t drink it. This is what Li Le thought in his heart.
Seeing that Li Le was fine, Xiao Xuan felt relieved. He continued, "Actually, I have one more thing I would like to ask Taoist Li for help."
Li Lezhi:?
Xiao Xuan said, "It's about the grain exchange. The grain transporters said it was related to a grain handler named Hong Ke. But when they were about to interrogate Hong Ke, they found that he had disappeared and was nowhere to be found. So I would like to ask the Taoist priest to do some calculations."
"Hong Ke?" Li Le only then remembered why the man's face looked familiar. It was this grain collector who he had glanced at briefly when he saw the grain falling to the ground.
Jiang Yuge also ran back, panting. Hearing this, he immediately said, "The person we just stopped was also Hong Ke. I wonder if it's the same person."
Xiao Xuan turned around and looked at Li Lezhi again.
Li Le just raised his hand, calculated, and said, "It's a person."
Xiao Xuan immediately put Hong Ke into jail and asked the bailiffs to interrogate him. In fact, this matter was not very important. If one wanted to know the reason for this incident and why Hong Ke did this, he could directly ask Taoist Li to tell his fortune.
It was just a suspicion at first, but after the accompanying military doctor confirmed that the tea was poisonous, it was confirmed.
All we need to do is find out the person behind Hong Ke.
But no one expected that the person who arranged Hong Ke was an unexpected person.
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